Ned Point Light
Ned Point Light is a historic lighthouse on Ned's Point Road in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts. The lighthouse was built in 1838 at a cost of approximately $5,000, and named after Ned Dexter, a local farmer.Photo: Schlitzer90, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Ned Point Lighthouse” and “Ned’S Point Light”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Third Meetinghouse.
Third Meetinghouse
Place of worship
Photo: Schlitzer90, CC0.
The Third Meetinghouse is an historic church, community meeting house and Grange Hall at 1 Fairhaven Road in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts. Built in 1816, it is the town's oldest surviving public building, and the one in which the meeting leading to its separation from Rochester took place. Third Meetinghouse is situated 1½ miles northwest of Ned Point Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mattapoisett and Marion.
Mattapoisett
Photo: Balon Greyjoy, CC0.
Mattapoisett is a charming town along the southern coast Massachusetts with a large harbor on Buzzards Bay. Its name is thought to come from the Wampanoag native word for "resting place". It is now a classic small coastal town.
Marion
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Marion is a town in Massachusetts in the SouthCoast area. It is largely a residential community with a pretty harbor.
Fairhaven
Photo: Schlitzer90, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fairhaven is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located on the South Coast of Massachusetts where the Acushnet River flows into Buzzards Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean.
Ned Point Light
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Town of Mattapoisett, Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.65087° or 41° 39′ 3″ northLongitude
-70.79565° or 70° 47′ 44″ westElevation
-16 feet (-5 metres)Open location code
87HFM623+8POpenStreetMap ID
node 257496048OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Ned Point Light” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Ned Point”
- French: “Phare de Ned Point”
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